Catechism of the Catholic Church

by Our Sunday Visitor Inc

• ISBN13: 9781574551105
• ISBN10: 1574551108
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Out-of-print for two years but still in constant demand, the "full size" Catechism of the Catholic Church is back. Only this second edition: incorporates all the final modifications made in the official Latin text of the Catechism (it's the definitive edition); provides a much more complete index (it's easier to use); contains a brand new glossary of terms (it's easier to understand); and all this new information adds up to 100 pages more than in the original edition.

Table of Contents

Apostolic Letter Laetamur Magnopere in Which the Latin Typical Edition is Promulgated	xiii
Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum on the Publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church	1	(6)
PROLOGUE	7	(6)
The Life of Man - To Know and Love God	7	(1)
Handing on the Faith: Catechesis	8	(1)
The Aim and Intended Readership of This Catechism	9	(1)
Structure of This Catechism	9	(2)
Practical Directions for Using This Catechism	11	(1)
Necessary Adaptations	11	(2)
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH	13	(1)
Section One: ``I Believe'' - ``We Believe''	13	(38)
Man's Capacity For God	13	(6)
The Desire for God	13	(1)
Ways of Coming to Know God	14	(2)
The Knowledge of God according to the Church	16	(1)
How Can We Speak about God?	17	(2)
In Brief	18	(1)
God Comes to Meet Man	19	(20)
The Revelation of God	19	(1)
God Reveals His ``Plan of Loving Goodness''	19	(1)
The Stages of Revelation	20	(2)
Christ Jesus - ``Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation''	22	(2)
In Brief	23	(1)
The Transmission of Divine Revelation	24	(1)
The Apostolic Tradition	24	(2)
The Relationship between Tradition and Sacred Scripture	26	(1)
The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith	27	(3)
In Brief	29	(1)
Sacred Scripture	30	(1)
Christ - The Unique Word of Sacred Scripture	30	(1)
Inspiration and Truth of Sacred Scripture	31	(1)
The Holy Spirit, Interpreter of Scripture	32	(2)
The Canon of Scripture	34	(3)
Sacred Scripture in the Life of the Church	37	(2)
In Brief	37	(2)
Man's Response to God	39	(12)
I Believe	39	(1)
The Obedience of Faith	39	(1)
``I Know Whom I Have Believed''	40	(1)
The Characteristics of Faith	41	(5)
We Believe	45	(1)
``Lord, Look upon the Faith of Your Church''	46	(1)
The Language of Faith	46	(1)
Only One Faith	47	(4)
In Brief	48	(1)
The Credo	49	(2)
Section Two: The Profession of the Christian Faith	51	(226)
The Creeds	51	(3)
I Believe in God The Father	54	(52)
``I Believe in God The Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth''	54	(1)
I Believe in God	54	(1)
``I Believe in One God''	54	(1)
God Reveals His Name	55	(3)
God, ``He Who Is,'' Is Truth and Love	58	(2)
The Implications of Faith in One God	60	(2)
In Brief	61	(1)
The Father	62	(1)
``In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit''	62	(1)
The Revelation of God as Trinity	63	(3)
The Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Faith	66	(2)
The Divine Works and the Trinitarian Missions	68	(5)
In Brief	69	(2)
The Almighty	71	(1)
In Brief	72	(1)
The Creator	73	(1)
Catechesis on Creation	73	(3)
Creation - Work of the Holy Trinity	76	(1)
``The World Was Created for the Glory of God''	76	(1)
The Mystery of Creation	77	(3)
God Carries Out His Plan: Divine Providence	80	(5)
In Brief	83	(2)
Heaven and Earth	85	(1)
The Angels	85	(2)
The Visible World	87	(4)
In Brief	90	(1)
Man	91	(1)
``In the Image of God''	91	(1)
``Body and Soul but Truly One''	92	(2)
``Male and Female He Created Them''	94	(1)
Man in Paradise	95	(2)
In Brief	96	(1)
The Fall	97	(1)
Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More	97	(1)
The Fall of the Angels	98	(2)
Original Sin	100	(4)
``You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death''	104	(2)
In Brief	104	(2)
I Believe in Jesus Christ, The Only Son of God	106	(73)
``And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord''	108	(1)
Jesus	108	(1)
Christ	109	(2)
The Only Son of God	111	(1)
Lord	112	(3)
In Brief	114	(1)
``He was Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit, and was Born of the Virgin Mary''	115	(1)
The Son of God Became Man	115	(1)
Why Did the Word Become Flesh?	115	(1)
The Incarnation	116	(1)
True God and True Man	117	(2)
How Is the Son of God Man?	119	(3)
In Brief	121	(1)
``Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary''	122	(1)
Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit	122	(1)
...Born of the Virgin Mary	122	(7)
In Brief	128	(1)
The Mysteries of Christ's Life	129	(1)
Christ's Whole Life Is Mystery	129	(2)
The Mysteries of Jesus' Infancy and Hidden Life	131	(5)
The Mysteries of Jesus' Public Life	136	(12)
In Brief	145	(1)
``Jesus Christ Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified, Died, and was Buried''	146	(1)
Jesus and Israel	147	(1)
Jesus and the Law	148	(1)
Jesus and the Temple	149	(2)
Jesus and Israel's Faith in the One God and Savior	151	(2)
In Brief	152	(1)
Jesus Died Crucified	153	(1)
The Trial of Jesus	153	(2)
Christ's Redemptive Death in God's Plan of Salvation	155	(2)
Christ Offered Himself to His Father for Our Sins	157	(9)
In Brief	161	(1)
Jesus Christ Was Buried	162	(1)
In Brief	163	(1)
``He Descended into Hell on the Third Day He Rose Again''	164	(1)
Christ Descended into Hell	164	(1)
In Brief	165	(1)
On the Third Day He Rose from the Dead	166	(1)
The Historical and Transcendent Event	166	(3)
The Resurrection - A Work of the Holy Trinity	169	(1)
The Meaning and Saving Significance of the Resurrection	170	(4)
In Brief	171	(1)
``He Ascended into Heaven and is Seated at the Right Hand of the Father''	172	(1)
In Brief	173	(1)
``From Thence He will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead''	174	(1)
He Will Come Again in Glory	174	(3)
To Judge the Living and the Dead	177	(2)
In Brief	178	(1)
I Believe in the Holy Spirit	179	(98)
``I Believe in the Holy Spirit''	180	(1)
The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit	181	(1)
The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit	182	(4)
God's Spirit and Word in the Time of the Promises	186	(4)
The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time	190	(3)
The Spirit and the Church in the Last Days	193	(4)
In Brief	196	(1)
``I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church''	197	(1)
The Church in God's Plan	197	(1)
Names and Images of the Church	197	(2)
The Church's Origin, Foundation, and Mission	199	(4)
The Mystery of the Church	203	(3)
In Brief	205	(1)
The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit	206	(1)
The Church - People of God	206	(2)
The Church - Body of Christ	208	(3)
The Church Is the Temple of the Holy Spirit	211	(3)
In Brief	213	(1)
The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic	214	(1)
The Church Is One	214	(4)
The Church Is Holy	218	(2)
The Church Is Catholic	220	(7)
The Church Is Apostolic	227	(4)
In Brief	230	(1)
Christ's Faithful - Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life	231	(1)
The Hierarchical Constitution of the Church	231	(6)
The Lay Faithful	237	(4)
The Consecrated Life	241	(6)
In Brief	245	(2)
The Communion of Saints	247	(1)
Communion in Spiritual Goods	247	(2)
The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth	249	(2)
In Brief	250	(1)
Mary - Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church	251	(1)
Mary's Motherhood with Regard to the Church	251	(2)
Devotion to the Blessed Virgin	253	(1)
Mary - Eschatological Icon of the Church	253	(2)
In Brief	254	(1)
``I Believe in the Forgiveness of sins''	254	(1)
One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins	255	(1)
The Power of the Keys	256	(3)
In Brief	257	(1)
``I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body''	258	(1)
Christ's Resurrection and Ours	259	(3)
Dying in Christ Jesus	262	(4)
In Brief	265	(1)
``I Believe in Life Everlasting''	266	(1)
The Particular Judgment	266	(1)
Heaven	267	(1)
The Final Purification, or Purgatory	268	(1)
Hell	269	(2)
The Last Judgment	271	(1)
The Hope of the New Heaven and the New Earth	272	(5)
In Brief	274	(2)
``Amen''	276	(1)
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY	277	(3)
Section One: The Sacramental Economy	280	(31)
The Paschal Mystery in the Age of the Church	280	(14)
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity	280	(1)
The Father - Source and Goal of the Liturgy	280	(2)
Christ's Work in the Liturgy	282	(1)
The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy	283	(6)
In Brief	288	(1)
The Paschal Mystery in the Church's Sacraments	289	(1)
The Sacraments of Christ	289	(1)
The Sacraments of the Church	289	(2)
The Sacraments of Faith	291	(1)
The Sacraments of Salvation	292	(1)
The Sacraments of Eternal Life	292	(2)
In Brief	293	(1)
The Sacramental Celebration of the Paschal Mystery	294	(17)
Celebrating the Church's Liturgy	294	(1)
Who Celebrates?	294	(2)
How Is the Liturgy Celebrated?	296	(5)
When Is the Liturgy Celebrated?	301	(4)
Where Is the Liturgy Celebrated?	305	(6)
In Brief	307	(2)
Liturgical Diversity and the Unity of the Mystery	309	(1)
In Brief	310	(1)
Section Two: The Seven Sacraments of the Church	311	(110)
The Sacraments of Christian Initiation	311	(46)
The Sacrament of Baptism	312	(1)
What Is This Sacrament Called?	312	(1)
Baptism in the Economy of Salvation	313	(2)
How Is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?	315	(3)
Who Can Receive Baptism?	318	(2)
Who Can Baptize?	320	(1)
The Necessity of Baptism	320	(1)
The Grace of Baptism	321	(5)
In Brief	324	(1)
The Sacrament of Confirmation	325	(1)
Confirmation in the Economy of Salvation	326	(1)
The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation	327	(3)
The Effects of Confirmation	330	(1)
Who Can Receive This Sacrament?	331	(1)
The Minister of Confirmation	332	(2)
In Brief	332	(2)
The Sacrament of the Eucharist	334	(1)
The Eucharist - Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life	334	(1)
What Is This Sacrament Called?	335	(1)
The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation	336	(3)
The Liturgical Celebration of the Eucharist	339	(3)
The Sacramental Sacrifice: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence	342	(7)
The Paschal Banquet	349	(5)
The Eucharist - ``Pledge of the Glory to Come''	354	(3)
In Brief	355	(2)
The Sacraments of Healing	357	(26)
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation	357	(1)
What Is This Sacrament Called?	357	(1)
Why a Sacrament of Reconciliation after Baptism?	358	(1)
The Conversion of the Baptized	359	(1)
Interior Penance	359	(1)
The Many Forms of Penance in Christian Life	360	(1)
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation	361	(3)
The Acts of the Penitent	364	(3)
The Minister of This Sacrament	367	(2)
The Effects of This Sacrament	369	(1)
Indulgences	370	(2)
The Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance	372	(3)
In Brief	373	(2)
The Anointing of the Sick	375	(1)
Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation	375	(4)
Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament?	379	(1)
How Is This Sacrament Celebrated?	379	(1)
The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament	380	(1)
Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian	381	(2)
In Brief	382	(1)
The Sacraments at the Service of Communion	383	(32)
The Sacrament of Holy Orders	383	(1)
Why Is This Sacrament Called ``Orders''?	384	(1)
The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation	384	(4)
The Three Degrees of the Sacrament of Holy Orders	388	(5)
The Celebration of This Sacrament	393	(1)
Who Can Confer This Sacrament?	394	(1)
Who Can Receive This Sacrament?	394	(1)
The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders	395	(5)
In Brief	398	(2)
The Sacrament of Matrimony	400	(1)
Marriage in God's Plan	400	(5)
The Celebration of Marriage	405	(1)
Matrimonial Consent	406	(3)
The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony	409	(1)
The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love	410	(3)
The Domestic Church	413	(2)
In Brief	414	(1)
Other Liturgical Celebrations	415	(6)
Sacramentals	415	(3)
In Brief	418	(1)
Christian Funerals	418	(1)
The Christian's Last Passover	418	(1)
The Celebration of Funerals	419	(2)
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST	421	(3)
Section One: Man's Vocation: Life in the Spirit	424	(74)
The Dignity of the Human Person	424	(35)
Man: the Image of God	424	(2)
In Brief	426	(1)
Our Vocation to Beatitude	426	(1)
The Beatitudes	426	(1)
The Desire for Happiness	427	(1)
Christian Beatitude	428	(2)
In Brief	429	(1)
Man's Freedom	430	(1)
Freedom and Responsibility	430	(1)
Human Freedom in the Economy of Salvation	431	(2)
In Brief	433	(1)
The Morality of Human Acts	433	(1)
The Sources of Morality	433	(2)
Good Acts and Evil Acts	435	(1)
In Brief	435	(1)
The Morality of the Passions	436	(1)
Passions	436	(1)
Passions and Moral Life	436	(2)
In Brief	437	(1)
Moral Conscience	438	(1)
The Judgment of Conscience	438	(2)
The Formation of Conscience	440	(1)
To Choose in Accord with Conscience	440	(1)
Erroneous Judgment	441	(2)
In Brief	442	(1)
The Virtues	443	(1)
The Human Virtues	443	(3)
The Theological Virtues	446	(4)
The Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit	450	(2)
In Brief	451	(1)
Sin	452	(1)
Mercy and Sin	452	(1)
The Definition of Sin	453	(1)
The Different Kinds of Sins	454	(1)
The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin	454	(3)
The Proliferation of Sin	457	(2)
In Brief	458	(1)
The Human Community	459	(14)
The Person and Society	459	(1)
The Communal Character of the Human Vocation	459	(2)
Conversion and Society	461	(2)
In Brief	462	(1)
Participation in Social Life	463	(1)
Authority	463	(1)
The Common Good	464	(2)
Responsibility and Participation	466	(2)
In Brief	467	(1)
Social Justice	468	(1)
Respect for the Human Person	468	(1)
Equality and Differences among Men	469	(2)
Human Solidarity	471	(2)
In Brief	472	(1)
God's Salvation: Law and Grace	473	(25)
The Moral Law	473	(1)
The Natural Moral Law	474	(2)
The Old Law	476	(1)
The New Law or the Law of the Gospel	477	(4)
In Brief	480	(1)
Grace and Justification	481	(1)
Justification	481	(2)
Grace	483	(3)
Merit	486	(2)
Christian Holiness	488	(3)
In Brief	489	(1)
The Church, Mother and Teacher	490	(1)
Moral Life and the Magisterium of the Church	491	(2)
The Precepts of the Church	493	(1)
Moral Life and Missionary Witness	494	(4)
In Brief	495	(1)
The Ten Commandments	496	(2)
Section Two: The Ten Commandments	498	(115)
In Brief	504	(1)
``You Shall Love the Lord Your God with All Your Heart, and With All Your Soul, and With All Your Mind''	505	(25)
The First Commandment	505	(1)
``You Shall Worship the Lord Your God and Him Only Shall You Serve''	505	(3)
``Him Only Shall You Serve''	508	(4)
``You Shall Have No Other Gods before Me''	512	(4)
``You Shall Not Make for Yourself a Graven Image...''	516	(2)
In Brief	517	(1)
The Second Commandment	518	(1)
The Name of the Lord Is Holy	518	(2)
Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain	520	(1)
The Christian Name	521	(2)
In Brief	522	(1)
The Third Commandment	523	(1)
The Sabbath Day	523	(1)
The Lord's Day	524	(6)
In Brief	529	(1)
``You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself''	530	(83)
The Fourth Commandment	530	(1)
The Family in God's Plan	531	(2)
The Family and Society	533	(1)
The Duties of Family Members	534	(5)
The Family and the Kingdom	539	(1)
The Authorities in Civil Society	539	(5)
In Brief	543	(1)
The Fifth Commandment	544	(1)
Respect for Human Life	544	(6)
Respect for the Dignity of Persons	550	(4)
Safeguarding Peace	554	(6)
In Brief	558	(2)
The Sixth Commandment	560	(1)
``Male and Female He Created Them...''	560	(1)
The Vocation to Chastity	561	(6)
The Love of Husband and Wife	567	(5)
Offenses against the Dignity of Marriage	572	(5)
In Brief	575	(2)
The Seventh Commandment	577	(1)
The Universal Destination and the Private Ownership of Goods	577	(1)
Respect for Persona and Their Goods	578	(3)
The Social Doctrine of the Church	581	(2)
Economic Activity and Social Justice	583	(2)
Justice and Solidarity among Nations	585	(2)
Love for the Poor	587	(4)
In Brief	589	(2)
The Eighth Commandment	591	(1)
Living in the Truth	591	(1)
To Bear Witness to the Truth	592	(2)
Offenses against Truth	594	(2)
Respect for the Truth	596	(1)
The Use of the Social Communications Media	597	(2)
Truth, Beauty, and Sacred Art	599	(3)
In Brief	600	(1)
The Ninth Commandment	601	(1)
Purification of the Heart	602	(1)
The Battle for Purity	603	(3)
In Beief	605	(1)
The Tenth Commandment	606	(1)
The Disorder of the Covetous Desires	606	(2)
The Desires of the Spirit	608	(1)
Poverty of Heart	609	(1)
``I Want to See God''	610	(3)
In Brief	611	(2)
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER	613	(1)
Section One: Prayer in the Christian Life	613	(48)
What Is Prayer?	613	(3)
The Revelation of prayer	616	(21)
The Universal Call to Prayer	616	(1)
In The Old Testament	616	(7)
In Brief	623	(1)
In The Fullness of Time	624	(6)
In Brief	630	(1)
In The Age of the Church	631	(1)
Blessing and Adoration	632	(1)
Prayer of Petition	632	(1)
Prayer of Intercession	633	(1)
Prayer of Thanksgiving	634	(1)
Prayer of Praise	635	(2)
In Brief	636	(1)
The Tradition of Prayer	637	(11)
At the Wellsprings of Prayer	637	(2)
In Brief	639	(1)
The Way of Prayer	640	(4)
In Brief	644	(1)
Guides for Prayer	645	(2)
In Brief	647	(1)
The Life of Prayer	648	(13)
Expressions of Prayer	648	(1)
Vocal Prayer	648	(1)
Meditation	649	(1)
Contemplative Prayer	650	(3)
In Brief	652	(1)
The Battle of Prayer	653	(1)
Objections to Prayer	653	(1)
Humble Vigilance of Heart	654	(1)
Filial Trust	655	(2)
Preservering in Love	657	(4)
The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus	659	(1)
In Brief	660	(1)
Section Two: The Lord's Prayer: ``Our Father!''	661	(28)
``The Summary of the Whole Gospel''	662	(1)
At the Center of of the Scriptures	662	(1)
``The Lord's Prayer''	663	(1)
The Prayer of the Church	663	(2)
In Brief	665	(1)
``Our Father Who Art in Heaven''	665	(1)
``We Dare to Say''	665	(1)
``Father!''	666	(2)
``Our'' Father	668	(2)
``Who Art in Heaven''	670	(3)
In Brief	671	(1)
The Seven Petitions	672	(1)
``Hallowed Be Thy Name''	673	(2)
``Thy Kingdom Come''	675	(2)
``Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It Is in Heaven''	677	(2)
``Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread''	679	(2)
``And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass against Us''	681	(3)
``And Lead Us Not into Temptation''	684	(1)
``But Deliver Us from Evil''	685	(4)
The Final Doxology	687	(1)
In Brief	687	(2)
Index of Citations	689	(64)
Index	753	(108)
Abbreviations	861	(3)
Glossary	864